MarketInvoice appoints Zopa co-founder as chairman

Peer-to-peer platform MarketInvoice has appointed Giles Andrews as the new chairman of its board of directors.

Giles (Pictured, centre) will work with the company co-founders Anil Stocker (pictured right) and Ilya Kondrashov (pictured left) to drive scale in the business and manage the board of directors.

He is an entrepreneur with over 25 years of experiences, studied experimental psychology at Oxford University, has an MBA from INSEAD (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires) and received an OBE for services to financial services in the 2016 New Year's honours list.

Giles is the chairman of Zopa – which he co-founded in 2004 and served as CEO from 2007 to 2015 – and is also the chairman of Bethnal Green Ventures, an accelerator for tech start-ups.

“MarketInvoice is transforming the landscape of the business finance industry,” said Giles.

“I have long been fascinated by their game-changing and innovative attitude.

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